The OnTrackNY Program is a Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) treatment program serving adolescents and young adults who are experiencing psychosis. Our mission is to empower young people to make meaning of their experiences and to pursue their goals for school, work and personal relationships. Equity, inclusion, rapid access and self-determination are at the core of everything we do.

OnTrackNY team staff receive expert training and technical assistance in the CSC model and protected time for professional development through the statewide OnTrackNY Initiative at the Center for Practice Innovations at Columbia Psychiatry and New York State Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene.

Essential Job Duties:

• Engaging participants and establishing trusting, collaborative relationships directed toward the goal of education or competitive employment in community job settings 
• Collaborating with other team members to deliver the SEE support within the context of the model (e.g., engaging with participants to do fun activities, practicing cognitive or social skills that can then help them get a job, etc.)
• Based on the participant’s preferences, working closely with family members or loved ones to educate them on how to support the young person with work/school goals
• Helping family or loved ones navigate employment and educational systems, identify resources that can be helpful to them, and/or providing other supports to families as needed to help the young person with their recovery.
• Providing job development and job search services directed toward positions that are individualized to the interests and uniqueness of the people on their situation and the situation of their support system, following the principles and procedures of the individual placement and support approach to supported employment.
• Conducting a minimum of 4 (IPS is 6) employer contacts per week.
• Provide support to the individual and the family for education goals in the community, including contact with staff at high schools, colleges and other educational institutions
• Providing individualized support to assist participants in maintaining employment or education
• Arranging access to entitlements counseling for the individual and/or family.
• Spending 65% or more of scheduled work hours in the community. For example, meeting participants at community locations (e.g. home, workplace, school, coffee shop, library, etc.); taking participants to apply for jobs; investigating local employment options; or meeting with employers regarding job development.
• Linking transitioning participants to services that can support work and school goals post-discharge from OnTrackNY.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Mental Health, social services, or related field
• Training and experience working with adolescents and/or young adults with serious mental illness preferred.
• Experience providing employment or education services preferred.